WXYC
Top 82 June 1-7 >> 1997
 1. Irving Klaw Trio -- Utek Pahtoo Mogoi (ROAD CONE)
 2. Yo La Tengo -- I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One (MATADOR)
 3. Jelly Roll Kings -- Off Yonder Wall (FAT POSSUM)
 4. v/a -- White Elephants and Golden Ducks (SHANACHIE)
 5. v/a -- Cuban Gold 3 (QBADISC)
 6. v/a -- Phantom Breaks (self-released)
 7. Electric Company -- Electric Company Plays Amnesia (SUPREME)
 8. "Harmonica" Frank Floyd -- The Great Medical Menagerist (ADELPHI)
 9. Abida Parveen -- Best of Abida Parveen (SHANACHIE)
10. Ben Lee -- Something to Remember Me By (GRAND ROYAL)
11. Lud -- Sparkling Rope (self-released)
12. Mouse on Mars -- "Cache Coer Naif" 7-inch (THRILL JOCKEY)
13. Tower Recordings -- The Fraternity of Moonwalkers (AUDIBLE HISS)
14. v/a -- Ngoma - Music from Uganda (MUSIC OF THE WORLD)
15. Andrew Bird -- Music of Hair (Andrew Bird)
16. Mike Patton -- Pranzo Oltranzista (TZADIK)
17. Yande Codou Sene -- Night Sky in Sine Saloum (SHANACHIE)
18. Kronos Quartet w/ Wu Man -- Ghost Opera (NONESUCH)
19. Lee Scratch Perry -- Upsetter in Dub (HEARTBEAT)
20. Marc Ribot -- Shoe String Symphonettes (TZADIK)
21. v/a -- Deep Concentration (OM)
22. Ashley Stove -- Into the Sun (JESUS CHRIST)
23. Beatnik Filmstars -- Phase 3 (NO LIFE)
24. Folk Implosion -- Dare to be Surprised (COMMUNION)
25. Junior Kimbrough -- Most Things Haven't Worked Out (FAT POSSUM)
26. Karlheinz Stockhausen -- Kontakte (ECSTATIC PEACE!)
27. Najat Aatabu -- Country Girls & City Women (ROUNDER)
28. Rodd Keith -- I Died Today (TZADIK)
29. Third Eye Foundation -- Ghost (MERGE)
30. v/a -- Edge of the Forest (MUSIC OF THE WORLD)
31. Archer Prewitt -- In the Sun (CARROT TOP)
32. Borges & Piazzolla -- Tangos & Milongas (MILAN)
33. Cubanismo -- Malembe (HANNIBAL)
34. DJ Cam -- 2 x 10" No. 1 (SHADOW)
35. Helium -- No Guitars (MATADOR)
36. Lata Mangeshkar -- Mata (INTERRA)
37. Red Star Belgrade -- Where the Sun Doesn't Shine (PUT IT ON A CRACKER)
38. Stock, Hausen, & Walkman -- "Stripper" 7-inch (EERIE MATERIALS)
39. v/a -- Artcore 3 (REACT)
40. v/a -- Sacrilege: The Can Remix Album (MUTE)
41. v/a -- Merengue - Dominican Music... (ROUNDER)
42. Wu-Tang Clan -- "Triumph"  (LOUD/RCA)
43. v/a -- Silencio = Muerte (ISLAND)
44. Negativland -- "Truth in Advertising" 7-inch (EERIE MATERIALS)
45. Edith Frost -- Calling Over Time (DRAG CITY)
46. K.U.K.L. -- The Eye (CRASS)
47. Kismet -- Curious Yellow (DAISY LANE)
48. Olivia Tremor Control -- "The Opera House" double 7-inch; Dusk at Cubist Castle, disc 2 (FLYDADDY)
49. Smog -- Red Apple Falls (DRAG CITY)
50. Soul Assassins (DJ Muggs) -- self-titled (COLUMBIA)
51. Speedy J -- Public Energy No. 1 (PLUS 8)
52. v/a -- Rural String Bands of Tennessee (COUNTY)
53. Antediluvian Rocking Horse -- Music for the Odd Occasion (SEELAND)
54. Hentchmen -- Ten String Trio 7-inch (FLYING BOMB)
55. Kent 3 -- Stories of the New West (SUPER ELECTRO)
56. Magical Power Mako -- Music from Heaven (ATAVISTIC)
57. Sonar Senghor & his Troupe -- Lost Africa (TRADITION)
58. v/a -- Shake Your Congas (RCA)
59. Village of Savoonga -- "Thought Loop" 7-inch (LITTLE BROTHER)
60. Volume All Stars -- Close Encounters of the Bump and Grind (SLABCO)
61. v/a -- Legacy: A Tribute to the First Generation of Bluegrass (SUGAR HILL)
62. Toki Doki -- "News Days" 7-inch (HARRIET)
63. Crystal Method -- "Busy Child" 12-inch (CITY OF ANGELS)
64. Bailter Space -- Capsul (TURNBUCKLE)
65. Brokeback -- ...Returns to the Orange Grove 7-inch (THRILL JOCKEY)
66. Derek Bailey -- Aida (DEXTER'S CIGAR); Music and Dance(REVENANT); The Sign of 4 (w/Metheny, Bendian, & Wertico) (KNITTING FACTORY WORKS) 
67. John Fahey -- The Mill Pond double 7-inch (LITTLE BROTHER)
68. Kirile Loo -- Saatus (ALULA)
69. Mark Eitzel -- West (WARNER BROTHERS)
70. Rampage the Last Boyscout -- "Take it to the Streets" 12" (ELEKTRA)
71. Simon Joyner -- Songs for the New Year (SHRIMPER)
72. v/a -- Beat at Cinecitta (CRIPPLED DICK HOT WAX!)
73. Bellbats -- Century (BAD CAT)
74. Brickbat -- self-titled (OPULENCE!)
75. Bug -- Taping the Conversation (WORDSOUND)
76. Crawling With Tarts -- I Am Telephoning a Star (ASP)
77. Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton -- self-titled (VERVE)
78. Fuzzhead -- I Saw the Best Minds of My Generation Rock (NEW WORLD OF SOUND); Mind Soup (HELIOCENTRIC WORLDS OF SOUND)
79. Lake of Dracula -- self-titled (SKIN GRAFT)
80. Marimba Ava Murewa -- Mazuva Ano (ZIMBOB)
81. Papas Fritas -- Helioself (MINTY FRESH)
82. Tullycraft/Rizzo -- split 7-inch (HARRIET)